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Silence Speaks Volumes: Parental Sexual Communication Among Asian American Emerging Adults

Janna L. Kim

California State University, Fullerton, jkim{at}fullerton.edu

L. Monique Ward

University of Michigan

Although parents greatly influence children’s early understandings of sexuality, little is known about how sexual communication transpires in Asian American families. Accordingly, the authors examined the amount and type of parental sexual communication recalled by 165 Asian American college students. Parents were perceived as providing very little information about a range of sexual topics. Communication was most minimal from fathers, among sons, and in homes marked with language barriers. At the same time, however, most participants could recall receiving restrictive sexual messages, in particular, daughters and participants having less acculturated parents. Qualitative results shed light on the specific types of sexual messages that parents provided. Together, results suggest that Asian American parents use implicit and nonverbal ways to communicate their sexual values.

Key Words: Asian Americans • sexuality • parent-child communication • psychosexual development • culture • sexual attitudes

Journal of Adolescent Research, Vol. 22, No. 1, 3-31 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0743558406294916
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